Death Takes Ex-Resident

Stephen Gorzelancyk, 77, Bellingham, a former Centralia resident, died Sunday in a Bellingham hospital.

He was a retired Milkwaukee railroad employe in Centralia. He was a member of the Fords Prairie Grange.

Survivors include his widow, Edna I., at home; three sisters, Mrs. Josephine Baxter, Centralia; Mrs. Helen Dieringer, and Mrs. Agnes Ellis, both of Portland and a brother, Andrew, Chehalis.

Services will be Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the Church of the Assumption, Bellingham. Burial will follow at Green Acres Memorial Park.

Arrangements are under the direction of Westford Funeral Home.


Source: The Daily Chronicle (Centralia, WA), Tuesday, 11 Nov 1969, p. 4.

Transcribed by Jenny Tenlen.

Note 1: Greenacres Memorial Park is located in Ferndale, Whatcom Co., Washington.

Note 2: Laurie (Dieringer) Houlihan is researching the Gorzelancyk family, and would be happy to share data with others.